Dish-lifter.



' A. PANASCI.

DISH LIFTER..

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 6. 1914.

1,242,465. Patented oet. 9,1917. I j

To all fwtmn it may amera '.1 f

of Vaterbiiry, inthe coiinty'ofNevv Haven" land State of Connec'ti'ciitkhave invented certain neiv and usefiilvr Improvements 5inDIsHsLI'rTER.

Specification of Letter'satent 4 l vformed from Wires-l.SaidLtie-member'`` may Be it known that' I, ANGELO PANA'soI', adcitizen of the UnitedStates, and 'a resident' be -formedv integral Withlthe arms' 2, 2',

' rr-nn entrasra ENT orrion Alvernia' PANASI;f'oF'fWATERBURY,CONNECTICUT: t

ratenteaoct 9, 1917.- .f ApplicatoirietiNuremberg-1914."seriainofamif' ii clearly indicated in Fig.A 4', or theopposite' Dish-Liners, whichimpmvemeae-are anyA set .forth in the following'Qspeification. l

This invention relates -to improvements .devices of that class"availableffor; grasping,- and `holding "various articles, particularly;shalloiv dishes,v` aSQpla'teS, saucers and the' like, such f devicesbeing "f Well designated dish' nner-'S'.

pensive asV regards its fcoiistri'ictioii; diiv rable, efficient, andreliable'i-n'practical service; v convenient in its 'application to 'practi;

tain@v Well-defined vfadv antages loverprior analogous' constructions,

. The invention "consists in 'eertain combi-l nations, details andVparts whereby, :together with the 4novel dispositionmandrelative ar.; yrangement ofsaid partsjthe Vattainment of the` .foregoing object isrendered practicable,

allof which ivill behereinaften more-spa' oifically referred to and setforthfin lthe claim hereto appended.l

accompanying drawing, ivherein- Figurel is a plan. View of lifterembodying 'inysaid improvements.v

the main arms ofthe device.

yHaving reference Ato the accompanying drawing, `wherein similarreferentie numerduly connected arms 2, 2'., formed from Wire of suitablegage, elasticallv controlled, Vand The invention is clearly illustratedthe" The object of-this inventionis' tojprovidei a dish lifterfivhichshall be simple and inex- Jfallas clearly illustrated-in F lil linearmembers thereof, as 3","3, maybe telescopically conjoined, f one, as 3,With, the "adjacent'end-portion of its cooperating arm, fas 2,' and theothenas, with the adjacentfend-'portion of its cooperating;arm,jasf2, i"

Theoint 'betvveen 'either ofv thelinear .found expedient' in practice.

The formation of the tie-member'as i `Vunit'separate from' the arms 2,2, is resorted f to only when the "gageforV stiffness ofthe y WirefromWhich' the saidf arms are formedi is such Vastonecessitate they`applioation,'in practice, of needless and hence-undesirable stress inthe operation of movingy or closi lingleither of the armsaforenamed intheE di# rection ofthe other, against the elastic-rev sistanee as mainlyaiforded'by'fthe tie-'menr ber 3; such tie-member,accordingly, beingformedfromgwi're of a lgage'siiitably less than thei gage vof Itliewiremadefiise'of fin thefofrmation of the' arms 2, 2l', respectively,

Fig. `2 is a cross-section Yof same, along the" Fig. is a .View shovvinga modification off the tie-member made iiseof for-connecting" either'.of whichl is4 movable relatively to" Ward and avvayfrom. the other,after the ber 3, preferably coiledas shown, and lalso'` Thefarmsaforenamed'aige provided, nef,

as 2,- kWith a'v non-returned advance"- endepor'- advance end-portion,veach of said advance*A fronr'thefother, ando'ccupying a plane commonthereto.'

On one of vsaid end porti'ons, as 4', l firmly end-portions being curvedor bowed-away fastenv apln'rality of 'dish-graspingclips',` asf' 5, "5,While lon the opposite end-portion, as

4:,"l also firmly fasten'a plurality oflike dish-grasping clips, as 4'?,5, such of said clips as are'siipportedby either ofthe end'- portionsvnovv under'lconsideration,` being suitablyspacedfapart therealong and''eachVV leading a suitablefdistance therefrmgenl erally inthe directionof. siich of said clips as are supported by the end-portion ar-lY rangedoppositely thereto, and generally in the direction of thelongitudinal'center-line' of the' device as ar Whole.

EachV of the' clips aforenamed affords, by

preference, dual prongs@ 6., oneoverlying lthe other,thoughin someinstances thefsameI may advantageously afford a single"prongl only. 1

-Said clipsare preferably formed, each'lllo from metal in the form of aflat strip, the

same being bent or shaped upon itself forv the formation of an eye'7,whereby the clip may be threaded, or otherwise conveniently positionedupon, the

For relatively controlling the arms 2, 2',

in suoli a manner that reither thereof shallA operate in a plane commonto the other, as in its movements in the direction of and away from eachother, l provide an elongated independent yoke 7, said yoke, in thisinstance, being permanently fastened, as' at the point 6, to the arm 2',and surrounding and freely embracing the opposite arm 2. Hence, the arm2, may be urge-drin the direction of the arm 2, and permitted to recedetherefroniwithout any appreciable deflection frointlie plane commontoboth of said ai'ins. t

7l denotes an elongated keeper which, in this instance, has its heelturned around the arm 2, rocks thereon accordingly, as at the Ypoint 6',and underlies, at all times, the opposite arm 2, its free end-portionbeing turned upwardly for the formation, within the plane of movementof, and beyond, the arm 2, of an upstanding stop substantially as shownin the drawing, and through the medium of which the distending action ofthe respective arms of the device,

eachV relatively to the'other, is limited.

Keeper 7 is elastically controlled, as

through the medium of a controlling-spring 8, the latter, by preference,being in coiled -Y form, encircling the arm 2 adjacent to the heel ofthe keeper aforenamed, and tending at all times to elastically rock suchkeeper upwardlyk into contact with the arm 2.

The keeper 7 is constructed from metal in the form of afiat strip, andaffords means whereby the arm which it underlies may be checked and heldunder various adjustmentsthereof relatively to the opposite arm of thedevice, such means, in this instance,

consisting of a series of upstanding notches,

8', arranged longitudinally along said keeper at one side marginthereof, such side margin being upturned to this end, and the notchesaforenamed being provided, each for the reception and occupancy of thearm, as 2, accordingly as the same shall have been adjusted, at anytime, relative to the opposite arm.

For limiting the reverse rocking action vof the keeperA 7, andincidentally for strengthening the same, there may, when desired, beprovided a stop-bar 9, the same primarily rising from the keeper 7 at apoint near its heel, thence turned in a1 Yproximate parallelismtherewith, overlying the arm 2, and firmly engaging at its dispart whichsupports it, said clip being then permanently fastenedVW -tended, orseparated each from the other, the user duly adjusts the device to aplate,

saucer, or the like, to be handled, andso that the same shall registermarginally with the space intervening between the prongs of each of thedish-grasping clipsv made use of,

then urges or squeezes the arms ofthe device together, or either thereofin the direction of the other, thereby causing saidclips to eachstraddle such dish,`or the like, at

a ypoint along its 'margin, the keeper aforef named, under the stressof" its controlling spring, automatically locking said arms, eitherthereof against retraction from the other; whereupon, by means of myimprovedv lifter, the dish, or the like, thusl kgrasped thereby, may bereadily handled, without the necessity of the user bringing his `or hei'hand or hands into contact therewith, land as for the purpose ofcleansing such dish,

or the like, or subjectingthe saine to any f other desired treatment.

For freeing such dish, or the like,after" the same shall have beentreated as stated, it is-only needful that the user depressthe 2 beingpermitted, accordingly, to. spring apart, andsaid keeper, under thetendency matically lock the arms of the device against retraction,thereof either from the other,

'95 vkeeper 7, as by duly applying stress there to at the freeend-portion thereof, armsl 2,

when the same shall have been again duly adjusted for the handling of an`additional dish, or the like, to be cleansed orotherwise treated, ashereinbefore explained.

In some instances, as in the case of a deep article, such as a cuspidor,and by reason of the peculiarity of its general contour, the de@ vicemay be advantageously availed'of for the purposes hereinbefore setforth, even though each of the clips aforenamed aordsonly a single pronginstead of dualprongs, the latter being more serviceable andidesirablein the handling ofshallow dishes,

as plates, saucers, and the like. i

It will be seen that my improved dish iis liftei' is well adaptedfor thevpurposes forY 4 which it is intended, insuring, as it does,

markedly sanitary conditions inthe han-l' dling of the article orarticles to be cleansed,

or otherwise treated, and further that the same may be modified to aconsiderable ex-k tent without departure from the scope ofk the claimheretol appended.

I claim: f

A dish-lifter comprising a pair of connected, complementary arms heldnormally apart under spring-tension, formed fromI ies wire, andaffording, each a non-returned, advance end-portion bowed away from thelongitudinal center-line of the device and fitted with a plurality ofdish-grasping elements; a flat keeper having its heel turned around oneof the complementary arms aforenamed, for a rocking action upwardlythereon, and extending to and normally underlying the oppositecomplementary arm, one longitudinal margin of said keeper being turnedupwardly therefrom and provided at its top edge with a plurality ofnotches; a stop-bar supported by said keeper and in conjunctiontherewith freely embracing the opposite complementary arm aforenamed andthereby limiting the rocking action on the part of such keeper; and anelastic element, the latter disposed to yieldingly urge said keeper, atal1 times and at some one of the notches aforenamed, upwardly intoengagement with the complementary arm which it normally underlies.ANGELO PANASGI. Witnesses:

ETHEL M. HANCHETT, JAMES P. BRAYTON.

Copies vof this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by address-ingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

